John, Stephanie, Macie & Maris came to Austin a few weeks ago and we got to hang out with them some. Luke took Monday off and we headed to Colorado Bend State Park to do some hiking.
We hiked a little over 1.5 miles to get to the waterfall.
Calvin and Macie thought it would be fun to get wet…well, Calvin just fell in :)
Of course I didn’t bring extra clothes for Calvin on the hike, so he had to walk the 1.5 miles back in a pull-up..
This year we decided not to make a big deal out of Valentine’s Day b/c we’ve been doing so many projects around the house lately. That’s what we decided, but if you know Luke, that’s not what happened.
I had a doctor’s appointment that morning and as I was heading out the door with Calvin, Luke asked if I really wanted to go to the doctor. Of course that confused me, but then he said he rescheduled my appointment for the next day, and we were going on a family day trip an hour and a half away.
Once I saw we were heading south, I knew it was something around San Antonio. And once Luke said it was somewhere both Calvin and I would love, I knew it was to the Wildlife Ranch and Natural Bridge Caverns!
As you may have noticed, we have been super bad about taking monthly preggo pics of me, but I’m 7 months here and you can see baby girl in some of the pics.
Calvin loved sporting his “gwasses” and Valentine’s monster shirt.
Over at the Wildlife Ranch, Calvin loved chasing these birds around.
But the birds didn’t like being chased and that upset little man.
Then we had to check out the llamas of course :)
Here are some videos from our safari drive, where Calvin got to feed the animals as they came up to our car. It was super fun, and he especially loved the ostriches ;)
Where: Syracuse, NY to Scranton, PA to Hershey, PA to Williamsburg, VA
How far: 532 miles (2,169 cumulative)
How long: 9 hours and 26 minutes (40:23 cumulative)
Today was the big drive to finish up our adventure. The first stop was Scranton, PA, home of The Office. First, we ate at Alfredo’s Pizza Café (Not Pizza By Alfredo).
After that we went on the hunt for Scranton landmarks. Here’s two excerpts from the show for your reference:
You may notice that this sign looks out of place. We were told by a local that this is because the sign was causing traffic problems on the highway as people stopped to take pictures in front of it. That’s why it’s now in the Steamtown Mall (not too far from the Victoria’s Secret that Michael took the girls to.)
After that, it was off to Hershey, PA to learn about chocolate. Here’s Calvin and Steph hanging out with a mural of Mr. Hershey himself.
But Calvin’s favorite part of the trip had to be the chocolate factory tour. Check out this face:
